Editor’s Note: Though this is not a exactly a 450mm story, for those in the industry, it has strong implications. This is a positive move forward for 450mm. The political and supply-chain implications are enormous. Intel’s significant investment (partial ownership) of ASML

450mm Schedule By all appearances, 450mm, an industry disruption, is now on track. In recent announcements, Intel effectively decoupled EUVL from 10nm, which allows the 2018, 450mm target date to stand intact regardless of any EUV slip. If EUV is delayed to 7nm, there’s still a 450mm

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has made public what many in the industry have known for some time: Don’t expect 450mm until 2018. In an article in the Taiwan Times, TSMC’s technology roadmap is discussed, which now includes 10nm transistors on 450mm in 2018 (hi

At the Industry Strategy Symposium held at Half Moon Bay in California, a panel discussion had some of the large Equipment CEOs, including Lam Research (Steven Newberry), Novellus (Rick Hill), and KLA-Tencor (Rick Hill), as well as industry analysts, such from Gartner (Bob Johnson) an